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- 1. TheU.S.DepartmentofLabor’s An Instructional Guide Occupational Outlook Handbook
- 2. The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a resource compiled every two years by the U.S. Department of Labor. March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 2 The Handbook provides general information about occupations and employment statistics in the United States. This is a good resource for students or adults just beginning to look into career fields that might interest them.
- 3. HomePage - www.bls/ooh/ March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 3
- 4. Mostoften,youwillusethesearchbox: March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 4 flight attendant Type in a field of interest to you
- 5. March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 5 Clicking on any listed occupation will lead to page like this At the top is a synopsis of quick facts! Click on any of these to see a longer description of each topic
- 6. Forinstance: March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 6 This page will tell us the duties and responsibilities of the flight attendant
- 7. We can learn also about the work environment,training,pay, and job growthof the flight attendant. March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 7 And about similar jobs to that of the flight attendant
- 8. Keywordsearches March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 8
- 9. OtherSearch Methods March 17, 2014 Sally Conkright 9 Finis
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to my instructional video on the Occupational Outlook handbook! Today I hope I can help you learn how to find and use some of the valuable information on this website.
- First, some general information. The Occupation Outlook Handbook is a both print and online resource compiled by the United States Department of Labor every other year. The Handbook compiles an provides some of the more basic and general information and national statistics about almost each field of employment in the United States. While not, perhaps, the most in-depth information, the sites provides the same categories of information for every field, such as, education, potential training, employment and growth statistics, and median salary of the field.
- On the homepage, we see three main methods for searching the site. First, is the ubiquitous search box in the upper right corner. Below that, we can select occupations by any combination of the fields provided. To the left of that is an alphabetical menu of occupation groups, upon which we might click to see the occupations within each group. We will begin with the most commonly used, the search bar.
- Type in a field of interest to you and select GO. A page like the one below will be generated. The first link is the most relevant match and those after are more distantly related, such as “transportation occupations and food and beverage serving. The A-Z index and the site map are suggested if none of the suggestions suits you and will be explored shortly.
- Since the first listing was precisely what we were looking for, we have clicked on it and are shown this page. The menu at the top lists each section of information contained for each occupation within the Handbook. Beneath there is a summary of quick and generally most desired numbers – pay, education required, work experience necessary, available jobs and so on. The links below correspond to the menu tabs above, and are followed by abridged summaries of those sections. For instance, if I click on “What Flight Attendants do”,
- it will reveal a longer more descriptive summary of the various flight attendant duties – providing for and informing passengers of safety precautions, cleaning the airplane, serving beverages and snacks, and, god forbid, aiding passengers in the event of an emergency.
- In the last section, similar occupations to that of the flight attendant are suggested. Based on the qualties of the job, the training necessary and other factors, the handbook is able to suggest other jobs that may be of interest to its users.
- What if you don’t know the name of a job or only have an idea where you would like to work? The search bar can also be used for keyword searches, such as railroads, or library, or trees. The articles with your search words within them will be brought up for you
- As for other search methods, there are a number. If you want to find a job that requires a bachelor’s degree and has above average growth, you should use the occupation finder. If you would just like to browse the kinds of fields and employment options, you can use the A to Z listing. The site map is also very helpful and partially corresponds to the occupation groups we found on the home page. The site map contain the occupation groups as well the specific job titles listed with in those groups. The home page and the site maps also contains links to other interesting parts of the website such as FAQs, and listings of the fastest growing and highest paid professions. Well, I hope this has been informative for you all and helps and encourages you to look around the OccuptionalOutloook Handbook on your own. Thank you for your time and please inquire of your friendly neighborhood should you have any questions or require assistance!